Christinenc2000
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I tried doing a picture search but nothing showed up . They are so pretty
The only ones somewhat similar I found were the diluted green cheeks that cost thousands of dollars each! So definitely couldn't be the case. What a puzzle, huh?
mutation colors Green-Cheeked Conures of The Feather Tree
some on the bottom of the page look similar to yours...
Yeah I know they are not native there... escaped pet? golden and half moon was my initial guess.
The second poster in that thread says it is an Orange-Fronted Parakeet that has been dyed by a poacher to be sold
I forgot to mention, the locals told my cousin they are a couple, I asked how they know the difference and they said because the female is thinner and that probably their beak will change colors because they are very young, one of them is still growing feathers.
True, but I just found it and it's cool, and I figured it was a long shot, but I could still hope for an update... the eternal optomist comes out at timesWhen searching in the extensive history of Parrotforums, it is important to be mindful of the date in which a Thread was started. This is a Thread of several years ago.
I know it's an old thread...I have been fascinated with the extinct carolina parakeet for a long time, and in doing some reading I came across the pictures you posted of your unknown conures that you found in a cut down tree. I am not convinced that they are the supposedly extinct Carolina parakeet for a few reasons, including their early life coloration (juvenile Carolinas were solid green) the lack of a fully feathered cere, and the limited amount of red they show on their head (more extensive in Carolinas)...
However, they bear an uncanny resemblance to the extinct birds, and for the life of me I cannot figure out for sure what they might be. I have come up with a handful of possibilities, so hear me out:
1) your birds might be some kind of pied variant of a half moon conure, this is a partial albinism trait (effects primarily melanin production (blue pigment) but only over part of the body. This might explain the extra yellow that you dont normally see in half-moon
2) your birds might be a hybrid, maybe of a half moon and something like a sun or jenday conure
2b) (my favorite theory) your birds may indeed have carolina parakeet (Conuropsis) traits because they have some conuropsis Gene's. Perhaps a sub-population of carolina parakeet interbred with your birds ancestors (though Honduras is pretty far south of their known range) and these two just happened to display a more or less recombined set of carolina/Conuropsis genes (again a hybrid, but with legitimate Conuropsis ancestry
3) This could be a fraud. You could be a photoshopping master who is just taking us all on a ride by giving us a tantalizing glimpse of an "extinct" bird... I hope this isnt the case, and I really dont think that it is. After all, you arent the one who suggested carolina parakeet.
Anyways, if you have any more insight into this, I would live to hear from you. Cheers!